The AOAC international certification has validated Biótica’s MP4-Hunter. The system developed by the company settled at the Science Park in the Universitat Jaume I enables to perform up to 40 Legionella tests per analyst in an hour. The Legipid® Legionella Fast Detection Test achieves this speed thanks to an analysis technique based on capture and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Chemistry’
International Certification of Biótica’s MP4-Hunter system for its quick detection test of Legionella, Legipid
May 20th, 2013
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Solar fuels to change the energy model
February 20th, 2013
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‘Artificial photosynthesis constitutes a promising alternative to change the current energy model’, said Sixto Giménez, coordinator of the first Workshop on Advanced Materials for Solar Fuel Applications that was held at the UJI. In the workshop -that has made possible to join first-rate research groups from the Valencian Community and Catalonia and to establish collaborations [...]
Paints with greater anti-corrosive protection
February 19th, 2013
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Researchers from the UJI are working in a new coating that provides metals with a greater protection against corrosion thanks to its better adhesion to the metal surface and its anti-corrosive properties. More information. UCC+i UJI. February 2013
January 27th, 2013
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The widespread belief that dopamine regulates pleasure may pass into history with the latest scientific advances about the function of this neurotransmitter, which demonstrate that, in fact, it regulates motivation, leading individuals to get going and persevere in order to achieve something, either positive or negative. The journal of neuroscience ‘Neuron’ publishes an article written [...]
Interview with Eduardo Peris, Inorganic Chemistry professor
September 19th, 2012
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Scientists must focus on publishing their findings and the companies are responsible for knowing and approaching the University to initiate productive collaborations. This is the opinion of Eduardo Peris, awarded by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry with the National Research Award in Inorganic Chemistry 2012. There is every reason to be interested in his [...]
Sound… music or physics?
September 3rd, 2012
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IV Scientific Meeting “El gusto de investigar” [The pleasure of researchin]. Universitat Jaume I-CEFIRE Castellón Prize in the Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry category Sound… music or physics? Maria Álvaro Roures; Gloria Redón Clofent and Alejandro Viciano Molina. Tutor: Desideria Amela IES Penyagolosa. Castelló de la Plana This practice, related to the acoustic area, was aimed [...]
The documentary ‘High Tech Tiles’ addresses the impact of UJI in ceramics
July 9th, 2012
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The documentary ‘High Tech Tiles’ addresses the impact that the creation of the Universitat Jaume I has had in the development of the ceramics sector through the transfer of knowledge and technology. It has been co-produced by Universitat Jaume I in Castelló and Compostela Media Universitas, directed by Larry Levene with a script written by [...]
Corma highlights the role of catalysts in the Chemistry of the 21st century
July 5th, 2012
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Avelino Corma, the Honoris Causa Doctor at Universitat Jaume I, has been appointed member of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom, being the second Spaniard that becomes part of this exclusive society established in 1660. This appointment is added to a wide list of awards, among them we can highlight the Spanish Decade Gold [...]
UJI patents a compound capable of forming more efficient gels
November 24th, 2011
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Eating a yogurt or a jelly, using a pharmaceutical or cosmetic cream or shampoo… are just some of the numerous everyday actions in which we use gels developed through a process of gelation. Researchers from Universitat Jaume I have patented a new family of compounds that enables to develop gels more resistant to high temperatures [...]
